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Meanwhile, in georgia, a federal judge has struck down parts of a controversial law that banned giving out food and drinks to voters waiting more than 150 feet from their polling location. supporters argued the law protects voters from the influence of partisan volunteers, while opponents claimed it violated first amendment rights. the georgia law was one of many voting restriction measures passed across the country in the wake of donald trumps 2020 loss, which he falsely blamed on voting fraud....

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In a 4-to-3 decision Friday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that most absentee ballot drop boxes are not allowed in the state of Wisconsin <span class="excerpt-more">...</span>

Hospitalized with covid, but in new york and d.c. where omicron surged first, the case count is finally trending down, and the party of trump is the party of revenge. the former president targets a republican senator who told the truth and kevin mccarthy promises if he gets power he will use it to punish democrats. we begin the hour though with the president and his consequential visit today to georgia. voting rights is his focus as he visits some of atlantas civil rights landmarks. remember, bo...

State legislators who have begun or are preparing to start legislative sessions this year will consider more than 600 bills to expand or restrict the right to vote this year, a massive increase over recent years that were already noted for histori

Gone into 2022 and in a much stronger position had he played the situation differently or decided not to run for re-election. >> to be fair, how bad is georgias voter restriction law? so bad that major league baseball moved its all-star game to colorado. it feels a law predicated on a lie. as i said to the secretary, dont listen to me. listen to georgias lieutenant republican governor duncan. i wonder of what you make of both the bar lowering and im so glad he held firm against donald trump. i, ...

Revolution, we were led by a person with deep character and charm. he had a heart for people and we built on that. lean back into that. our values that our parents raised us with. our grandparents. these are american values. theyre small town based, but american values. we get back to character, a lot of these problems are going to fix themselves. >> i want to come back to the voting restriction. i hear what youre saying. youre saying there was a lot of stuff that was even worse so what you made...

That this bill can be an example for other states looking to enact some sort of voting restriction. geoff. >> victoria, this election overhaul in texas is happening as republicans are trying to hold on to power in the rapidly changing state where people of color make up virtually all of the population growth. that growth is concentrated in large cities that vote democratic. you have the texas republicans saying these are all common sense reforms. are they? are they targeted reforms? >> we saw th...

>> neal katyal, we talked about texas businesses. let me put up some of the biggest ones. american airlines, southwest, hewlett-packard, at&t, 7-eleven. if you were an employer in texas what kind of reassurance would you want to give your female workforce? >> i want to pick up on something matt said. the majority of people in texas dont support this abortion law. the only way this works is its hand in glove with voting restriction after voting restriction imposed in texas. its not just the abort...

Of the facts and context that matters, but unfortunately most people never get to see that. from the perspective of people from the state of texas, does the governor end up winning a pr war, even if he doesnt deserve it. people never hear about the glimmer of hope or bait and switch. >> i know. i was doing the boring nerdy professor on you, stephanie. this is what it boils down to. it boils down to short term versus long term. in the short term, the governor and republican party have the -- some...